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Book premiere "I'm not a foreigner, my name is just that" by Amir Shaheen
09.09.2021 a 19:00
We look forward to the band's live premiere in Bremen I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name von Amir Shaheen am 09. September in the Bookstore Franz Leuwer a 7:00 p.m. Entry is free.
About the book:
When a German native speaker has an Arabic name, it raises legitimate questions in everyday life. If someone like Amir Shaheen is also a writer and publishes books, well, then it makes sense to want to know whether his texts will be translated – into German!
Amir Shaheen describes pointedly and wittily what his name alone is able to trigger in his bio-German fellow human beings in this country. He describes his experiences in an entertaining and extremely amusing way. At the same time, he invites you to take a critical look at widespread pigeonhole thinking and what is supposedly taken for granted, to examine expectations and prejudices, to become aware of what is often only well-meant and also of the omnipresent scissors in the head...
Amir Shaheen
Amir Shaheen was born in Lüdenscheid in 1966, grew up in Altena/Westphalia and lives in Cologne. He is an author, editor, publisher, trained publisher and writes poetry, prose, satirical and columns. Since July 2010 he has been running SHAHEEN: TEXT • EDITING • LECTORING and is in the field of PR, public relations, communication, etc. worked for leading PR agencies. In 2003 he played a key role in the conception, organization and implementation of the creative adventure TEMPO - The fastest book in the world, which was published by the Reading Foundation in cooperation with the Landpresse publishing house and the Cologne Literature House on World Book Day. Amir Shaheen has been publishing literary texts since 1989 and has made a name for himself in particular as a poet. A number of his poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, calendars, magazines, radio and internet and have been included in Der Große Conrady - Das Buch deutscher Poems.
We look forward to a large attendance!
Funded as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR program of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in cooperation with the German Literature Fund and the PEN Center Germany.
If you are interested, register in advance at:
Am Wall 171, 28195 Bremen
By phone: 0421 321828
or email:info@leuwer-bremen.de
